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noun

‘‘Cici, it was fun, thank you for at least taking the chance with my party,’ He said with a wink, and kissed her cheek.’

‘‘It's happened before, it'll happen again,’ he said with a wink and a kiss to her cheek.’

‘He only wondered if the wink meant more than a friendly gesture amongst winning blackjack players.’

‘There are no winks or hidden gestures in the music.’

‘Morning gleams upon the fields like the wink of love.’

‘He told her with a wink as he gestured for her to come inside.’

‘My facial expression and a wink says it all for me.’

‘Dan gave her a salute and a wink, and they all turned their attention back to the two left in the ring.’

‘They had fought at times to a standstill, but always came out of it with some mutual respect, a handshake, a smile and a wink.’

‘This caused Isis to smile - the wink was a gesture so unlike Raine that it was a pleasant surprise.’

‘A wink of an eye is a gesture coded with multiple meanings; it also seems to be the easiest bodily sign to simulate through animation.’

‘Pretty rude, I think, so to clarify my intent I give a cheeky wink and nodding-back-a-pint gesture.’

‘I circled the hot room, over and over again, looking out for my friend, all the while receiving smiles, winks, and knowing looks from all manner of alternatively minded people.’

‘I gave them a surreptitious wink and a salute and then turned back to the menu, a self - satisfied smirk on my face.’

‘The emoticon is a weak substitute for a coy gesture or a lusty wink.’

‘Indeed, such is the power of gesture that a wink or a sarcastic intonation inevitably reframes and inverts the ‘literal’ meaning.’

‘She punctuated the point by kissing him on the cheek and giving him a slow wink.’

‘‘She's just being shy,’ Grant slurred at Bryant with a wink before turning back to Janet with a glint in his eye.’

‘‘Good enough to eat,’ he added with a wink and in a manner that can only be described as sarcastic.’

Phrases

as easy as winking

informal Very easy or easily.

‘Henry had always made friends as easy as winking.’

‘Staying here is a journey into a bygone era, when life moved at a gentle pace and communion with the self was as easy as winking.’

‘Next to our compound were the Russians, they were most amusing and just did not give damn for anyone, and they used to get out of their compound as easy as winking and right under the eyes of the sentries.’

‘Hiring a car with Webcarhire is as easy as winking.’

‘So users should find it as easy as winking to get at the information they need, when they need it and in the form they need.’

in the wink of an eye (or in a wink)

Very quickly.

‘Being a Newcastle fan I know first hand Kieron's strengths and weaknesses, I know that he has bags of pace, can skin players in the wink of an eye, can create and score goals.’

‘The listing was withdrawn but I would have purchased it in a wink.’

‘She's a master of surprise, able in the wink of an eye to transport the reader from tranquil normality to stark terror.’

‘In theory, they spread an infinite distance, and can manifest clear across the universe in the wink of an eye.’

‘‘There is an atmosphere of depression at the club but it can all change in the wink of an eye,’ he said.’

very quickly, very soon, in a second, in a minute, in a moment, in a trice, in a flash, in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, in no time, in less than no time, in no time at all, before you know it, in a very short time